Philemon 1:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

Philemon 1:20 —

Old words in this verse

bowels: — deep feelings, heartfelt compassion.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Philemon 1:7
For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Philemon 1:12
Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Philippians 2:1-2
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 8-25)

We have here, I. The main business of the epistle, which was to plead with Phlm. on behalf of Onesimus, that he would receive him and be reconciled to him. Many arguments Paul urges for this purpose, Phlm. 1:8-21. The 1 st Argument is taken from what was before noted, and is carried in the illative wherefore: “Seeing so much good is reported of thee and found in thee, especially thy love to all sa…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. let me--“me” is emphatic: “Let me have profit (so Greek ‘for joy,’ onainen, referring to the name Onesimus, ‘profitable’) from thee, as thou shouldst have had from Onesimus”; for “thou owest thine ownself to me.” in the Lord--not in worldly gain, but in thine increase in the graces of the Lord’s Spirit [Alford]. my bowels--my heart. Gratify my feelings by granting this request. in the Lord--Th…